Not to sure on the inside yet, I know I'm going to have a rollcage in there. I might do a tan leather. I don't know yet. I still need to figure out my frame.

 

i push out of the shop today, and look at it for some time. and i think i have the smallest hilux in the would. i might even have the smallest truck in the world right now. but not the lowest

 

wow sweet project!!!

 

Hey man looks good but I got a question. How do you metal finish welds?And what do you use. I've tried alot an I don't think I'm doin it right cause it doesn't look as good as yours do haha lemme know thnx

 

LOL you suck at posting pictures... LOL just saying... hahahahaha...


Man, I saw your truck from the WCN coverage, I had no idea you were making a race rig. Very very cool... What kind of rearend are you going to run?

Keep up the good work brotha.. can't wait to see this finished. So cool...

 

Yea, I as well can't wait to see it finished! I must admit, this is a build I stalk frequently LOL!

 

i want to run a quick change rear end in it.

 

well if you have sound welds you should be able to grind them down and not even tell it was ever welded. have you tired one of those flap dicks grinding wheels? i cant think of the exact name they are called

 

the flap disk is good for frames. when you weld a 22g top you dont want to take that much weld off. and when you weld the metal will shrink, and it worps. so you need to stretch it back. My hole top was file fished. There is no visible weld and it NOT need bondo. there no way it can be dont with a flap disks

 

yep, file finish and sand for that sweet smooth finish.

but it still won't look like that if the metal isn't properly fitted prior to welding.

 

So you guys use a file to smooth it out? Ya I've tried flap disks but they take it down way to much an still needs bondo I'll have to try the file next time around.

 

you also want to tig, like i said before mig is a hard weld. tig is a lot softer and easyer to work

 

Your metalwork is very impressive. I am jealous. I like your style, rendering is cool. So is the dually.

 

^^Damn never seen a post from you in awhile

 

I avoided most of the internet in a while.

 

Start posted some build threads man we all know what you can do. Srry for jackin the thread

 

THIS IS GUNNA HELP SO MUCH!







and Seth, welcome back!

 

did you do anything with your steering or is it all orginal

 

it all stock right now. but it wont be

 

I'm really starting to get into the idea of metalwork myself. I've done some in the past but nothing TOO serious, but I have an RN16 that I'm restoring so I'll be getting involved in it a lot more in the next year or so.

Threads like these are fantastic for motivation - please keep the pictures coming, particularly any that you may have of different stages of bodywork.

For those taking about MIG vs TIG, the main drawback of TIG is that it is harder to fill gaps so you need patches etc to be cut very at or near an interference fit for a good result. Other than that though, TIG will give you a better result.

I did this work with a MIG, I'm a real amateur which doesn't help but still because it was done with MIG it was harder than it needed to be! The other thing that made it hard was that I was repairing someone else's dodgy work - you can see that there's almost 1/2" of filler on the guard so that's what I was working to repair.